98 E o u -:;; o c. >Âc: ;g o N en ...... -:i o 0- .::t:. ... o >- ~ C1J Z Mean Girls * Paramount, $29.95 AN inept teen comedy about the new girl in school (a likable Lindsay Lohan) who hangs with the cool clique until she realizes it's not nice to be mean.</p><p> The finale shows her winning a popularity contest and sharing it with "losers" like a kid in a wheelchair and a fat girl that the movie has never spent more than two moments with.</p><p> Nice try.</p><p> The First Churchills *** .</p><p> Acorn, $79.99 YES, every TV show will come out on DVD.</p><p> You _can now pick up the very first entry in "Masterpiece Theatre," which stars John Neville in a prototypical costume drama.</p><p> Or enjoy Ray Walston's puckish turn in "My Favorite Martian First Season" (Rhino, $39.98).</p><p> And cult hit cop show "Keen Eddie Complete Series" (Paramount, $39.98) is rescued from the obscurity so many short-lived shows once suffered.</p><p> Mask/Tess ***/***'/2 Universal/Columbia TriStar, $19.98/$24.96 "MASK" (1985) is about a horribly disfigured teenager (the terrific Eric Stoltz) whose The Who: Live in Boston ** W5M,$19.99 THE show went on when longtime Who bass player John Entwistle died on the eve of a U.S tour in 2002.</p><p> And the less than stellar results are captured on "The Who: Live in Boston" (WSM, $19.99).</p><p> But for the band at its finest, check out "The Who Live at the Isle of Wight Festival" (Eagle Vision, $19.98).</p><p> It doesn't include all the footage or the song order of the concert, but what's here is great.</p><p> Also out: UB40's 2003 show "Homegrown in Holland Live" (WSM. $19.98). ugliness is really only a burden for others.</p><p> This director's cut features seven extra minutes and the Bruce Springsteen songs the real-life teen loved. "Tess" (1979) is a period piece about a woman (Nastassja Kinski) whose beauty becomes her downfall when she attracts the attraction of her employer's lustful son.</p><p> John cassavetes: F"nfe Films ***'/2 Criterion, $124.95 FOR the esteemed but somewhat forgotten John Cassavetes (when was the last time you saw a movie influenced by him?), Criterion compiles this brilliant boxed set of five films, including - among others -1968's "Faces," 1974's'1\.</p><p> Woman Under The Influence" and two versions of 1976's "The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie." The many extras include workshop footage and new interviews with Cassavetes' wife, actress Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk et al.
